Heater is acting funny

Asked by jhar1827 Nov 20, 2017 at 09:05 AM about the 2007 Pontiac Grand Prix Base

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My heater is acting funny. When I warm it up in the morning, the heater will blows warm air and defrosts the windows. I drove to the kids school and brought her inside, when I came back in the car was still blowing warm air. Then I drove to work, parked in the parking lot and switched it from defrost to where it blows down by your feet. When I made the switch, it started blowing cold air. I changed the temp from cold to hot, which made it blow luke-warm air. Then the car started running hotter than usual at idle. The coolant isn't low. Not sure what it could be. The water pump is a year old. Could it be just a clog somewhere?

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Sounds like the actuator that opens and closes doors in the ductwork to direct the warm air to different parts of the car is not working properly. Prepare yourself, it’s a lot of labor to fix.

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